Nomination of candidates: list candidatesU.K.
7.—(1) A registered party which is a qualifying party and is to stand at the election of London members must be nominated by the delivery of a nomination paper which must be—
(a)in the appropriate form, and
(b)delivered to the GLRO by the party's registered nominating officer, or a person authorised in writing by him, in accordance with the following provisions of this rule and rule 8.
(2) The registered party's nomination paper must—
(a)state the authorised description by which the registered party is to stand for election,
(b)include a statement, signed by the person issuing the paper, that it is issued either—
(i)by the party's registered nominating officer, or
(ii)on behalf of the party's registered nominating officer by a person authorised in writing by him, and
(c)be accompanied by a party list which sets out the full names F1... of each candidate included in that list.
(3) An authorised description for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) must be either—
(a)the name of the party registered under section 28 of the 2000 Act M1, or
(b)a description of the party, registered under section 28A M2 of that Act.
(4) A person will be guilty of a corrupt practice if he fraudulently purports to be authorised to make the statement required by paragraph (2)(b) by or on behalf of a registered party's nominating officer.
(5) For the purposes of the application of these rules in relation to an election—
(a)“registered party” means a party which was registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act on the day (“the relevant day”) which is two days before the last day for the delivery of nomination papers and party lists at that election,
(b)a registered party is a qualifying party if on the relevant day the party was registered in respect of England in the Great Britain register maintained under that Part of that Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 rule 7(2)(c) omitted (31.12.2019) by virtue of The Greater London Authority Elections (Amendment) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1426), rules 1(1), 4(4) (with rule 2)
Marginal Citations
M1Section 28 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41) was amended by S.I. 2004/366 and by section 48 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22).
M2Section 28A of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c.41) was inserted by section 49(1) of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c.22).